HM Prison Manchester is a British prison, also known (now unofficially, since it was renamed in the 1990s) as Strangeways Prison. History Construction of the Grade II listed prison was completed in 1869 to replace the New Bailey Prison in Salford, which closed in 1868. The prison was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1862, cost £170,000, and had a capacity of 1,000 inmates. Its 234 ft high tower has become a local landmark. The prison buildings consist of two radial blocks with a total of nine wings (A, B, C, D, E, F in one block, and G, H, I, K in the second). It was built on the grounds of Strangeways Park and Gardens, which gave the prison its original name, and was officially opened on 25 June 1868. The prison was open to both male and female prisoners until 1963, and in 1980 it began to accept remand prisoners. As of 2005 the prison held just ov

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